Confidence in sports, tips, and strategies for athletes, performers, sports parents, to improve performance.
When you make a bad play or something doesn’t go your way during competition, do you get frustrated or upset easily? In this sports psychology video, Dr. Cohn discusses how to control your emotions when things aren’t going your way. How do you maintain composure during the game? Learn how to have emotional control and maintain composure as … Sport Psychology Article…
The Instant Gratification Trap & its Negative Impact Do you become frustrated when you don’t see results immediately? Sometimes, athletes expect too much, too quickly. These athletes believe increased efforts will have an immediate impact on their results. For example, a baseball pitcher spends a lot of time working with a pitching coach to add another pitch to … Sport Psychology Article…
In this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps a player on how to stay confident in shooting after a couple of misses during the game, Dr. Cohn answers a question from Sam who had to say this about his game. Sam said: “If I miss a couple of shots in the game, I lose confidence. Or if somebody … Sport Psychology Article…
Playing With More Confidence in Competition What is stable confidence? What is fragile confidence? Is winning or performing well the best way to gain confidence? If you consider winning as the only source of confidence, you will have fragile or “roller coaster confidence.” Roller coaster confidence is when your belief depends on winning or performing well in the … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Become a Well-Rounded Athlete How do you become a well-rounded athlete? What ways help to gain overall physical strength? How can you prevent burnout at an early age? The answer to these questions is the same… Variety. Many young athletes and parents believe more is better. Young athletes specialize in a sport at an early age. … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Stay Confident in Your Shot Do you lose confidence and stop shooting after you miss early in the game? Learn how to keep your confidence and keep shooting when missing. In this sports psychology video, Dr. Cohn helps teach athletes how to keep their confidence after missing early in the game. Many athletes struggle staying confident … Sport Psychology Article…